Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2,774, Eliab Eggleston, Continental New York

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental New York
Eggleston, Eliab Lucy
N. 2,774
CONTENTS

13.4.39. Ohio Pittsburgh
Elijah Eggleston.
of Youngstown in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Bartlett of the Regt. commanded by Col. Watson in the New York line for two years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pension at the rate of 80. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24. day of July 1833 and sent to Matthew Hitchcock. Painesville
Arrears to the 4th of March. 1833. 160.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. Sept 33. 40.00
$200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M c R. Palmer Clerk, Book E. Vol. 8. Page 110.

982
Miss Cleveland
Lucy Eggleston widow of Eliah Eggleston
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private
(My Sine)
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of April 1852 and sent to
Eli Bruce Esq. Chardon, Ohio
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 162 Vol. A.

Eliab Eggleston Application of for an pension -
17/1/19

The State of Ohio
Guang County ss } On this fourteenth day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before their Honors Reuben Wood President, and Asa Cowles, Daniel Herr and John Hubbard associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County now sitting, Eliab Eggleston a resi- dent of Auburn Township in the County of Guang, and State of Ohio aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the bene- fit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he in the capacity of a private entered the service of the United States in the class to which he belongs as a substitute in the month of April A.D. 1776 (the precise day of the month not recollected) in the company under Capt Bartlett and Ellmore, at Spencertown, in the County of Albany (now County of Columbus) and State of New York, where he then resided, and was marched under the com- mand of said officers, through P'keepsie, P'keepsie, hook and Greenbush to Albany and was there placed under the directions of Col James Weston, who at that time commanded a regiment of regular troops at Albany. This claimant remained at Albany about one month, when the company to which he belonged was detached from the regiment company of Col Weston and attached to a regiment under the command of Col Willis and was marched to Stone Robby where this claimant was taken sick with the measles and sent back to Albany the day preceding Willis' defeat near Stone Robby. This claimant remained in Albany in the Hospital until sometime in August of the year last aforesaid, when he was discharged and returned home, having been in service four months -
This claimant further states that in the capacity of a private, about the first of May A.D. 1777, he again entered the service of the United States, employed by a class as a substitute,

Nottingham in Albany County at Spencer Town aforesaid under the command of the command Col Henry Livingston Capt John Rouse Lieut Amos Newcomb, Ensign John Collins and was marched to Greenbush, where his company and the others called out at that time in that vicinity and formed into a regiment and and were placed under the command of Col Henry Livingston - He was then marched to Sensingburgh the place now called now called Sensingburgh, where with his regiment he crossed the river onto the Island between the two Sprouts of the Mohawk river, on which Island were stationed several brigades, the names of whose commanders are not recollected by this claimant - He remained there about two months when pursuant to orders, his army regiment was was crossed the North Sprout of the Mohawk and was mar- ched to Bennetts Heights, where his regiment was under the command of Gen Poor - Whether this it was an attack to Gen Poor's Brigade at this place or before they arrived there is unknown to this claimant - He now recollects of other brigades there Gen Wayne's and Gen Arnold's - The whole under the command of Gen Gates - He was then marched to Capt Woodworth's meadow where he lay near Gen Gates head quarters until the first battle was  fought commenced when his regiment and the regiment under the command of Col John McKim- stry were sent to protect the garrison on "Ploughed hill", where they lay until two battles were fought called the among the soldiers "Fridays battle" and "Tuesdays battle" and the British retreated to Saratoga, up which was on the second day after the last battle was fought - He then in company with the main army pursued the enemy to Schuyler's Mills where he was engaged in the siege of Burgoyne's army until, as he thinks, the 17 th of Oct when the enemy surrendered - Soon after the main part of the army marched to Greenbush with the enemy under guard, when the regiment to which this claimant belonged left them and was mar-

clue down to Rhinebeck where they arrived about the 25 th of October, when this claimant was discharged and returned home having been in service at this time about five months - At this time he received a written discharge from Col Henry Livingston which through lapse of time and want of care arising from a supposition that it was of no use to him, has been lost -
This Claimant further stated that he as a private soldier again entered the service of the United States, being at this time a draftee, at Nobletown in the Con since County of Albany, where he then resided, under the command of Capt William Jackson in the early part of April A.D. 1778 and was marched to the place on the North River, now called Hudson, where he with his company went on board boats and proceeded down the river to Poughkeepsie and lay there about a week - He was thence marched to Morristown in New Jersey and thence through Moravian town, Bethlehem, East town, Schuylkill to Valley Forge in Pennsylvania where were Genl Patterson Brig Genl Brigadier and others not recollected the names of whom officers are not now recollected by this claimant. This claimant claimant was then attached to Col Cortlandts regiment, and with the other recruits was inoculated for the small pox - Soon after his arrival at Valley Forge, all the troops who were able to bear arms were ordered to march to intercept the British on their way from Philadelphia to New York - This claimant, being declared by the surgeon unable to go, remained until about the first of August being confined with the small pox and yellow fever - He was then with the other sick, carried to Yellow Springs and placed in the Hospital and remained there and in that vicinity until the in October, when having recovered his health, he was marched across Cabells ferry to Morristown in New Jersey, thence to Y Springs ferry not and thence to White

Plains, where he joined the Company under the command of Capt Jackson and the regiment commanded by Col Cortlandt. He remained there about one month, when he was again taken sick and was sent to Albany where he remained until about the first of January A.D. 1779 having when he was received a written discharged from one Doct Smith of the Hospital at said Albany, and returned home having been at this time in service nine months. The discharge received at this time  has like the one above mentioned has been lost -
This claimant further states that he as a private soldier again left Nobletown between the 20 th and 30 th of March 1779 and went to Soldiers Fort, where as a volunteer and private soldier, he joined the Company under the command of Capt Nath l Dixon 1 st Lieut John Welch 2 nd Lieut William Eaton, which company belonged to the regiment under the command of Col Henry Jackson, Major Watrous, and to the brigade of Gen l Searce. He remained there until in April when under the command of said officers, he was marched down to Pehskill, where Gen l Putnam had the command of the forces assembled, among which Gen l this claimant recollects Gen l Patterson's brigade and Col Bailey the regiments of Col Bailey and of Col Michael Jackson - While there Lieut Smith a spy of the enemy was detected in the camp, was tried and suffered punishment - Previous to his execution which was performed by hanging down an oak sapling and fastening the culprit to it and suffering it to spring back by its natural own elasticity, this claimant well recollects hearing Gen l Putnam declared in strong terms, that the enemy demanded Smith and that they should have him, lest he would hang him first - After remaining a short time at Pehskill, this claimant with the army, his regiment was marched by to Robinson's Farms on the North River and crossed at this time to West Point, where were Gen l Washington's head quarters at

at that time and where as this defendant claimant thinks, the main army was assembled - He remained there until the latter part of June, when Genl. Washington called for a number of volunteers from each regiment to go on a private expedition - This claimant volunteered as one from his regiment and went down the River under command of Capt. Johnson and found Genl. Wayne at the English neighborhood - There Capt. Johnson's company was attached to a regiment under the command of Col. Meigs - of the other officers there this claimant now recollects Col. Schiber, Col. G. Lewis, Col. Butler and Major Murphy - He remained there until the afternoon of the 14 th of July and then returned  was marched in afternoon to Long Clove, a niche in the mountain - In the afternoon of the 15 th  about 4 o'clock the army under command of Genl. Wayne marched to Flemmings and lay there until about 12 o'clock at night, when it crossed the a bridge over a marsh and advanced upon Stony point - Immediately after crossing the bridge the pickets of the enemy fired upon Wayne's army - Genl. Wayne's army advanced in two columns, one led by Col. Schiber and the other by Col. Butler and immediately took the fort while a third column led by an officer advanced unknown to this claimant advanced from a different direction and took two redoubts situate a short distance from the fort - In this battle this claimant received a wound in the head from a bayonet the marks of which are still perceptible - Immediately after the capture of the fort, its guns were turned upon the other British shipping which lay in the River opposite the fort - After this battle, this claimant remained a short time in Col. Meigs regiment and the company commanded by Capt. Johnson and then returned to West Point and was again joined to the regiment under the command of Col. Henry Jackson and the company commanded by

Capt Dixon - While there he was engaged in several scouting parties and remained under the command of said officers until the first of January A.D. 1780, when he received a written discharge from Col Jackson and returned home - Said discharge like those above mentioned has been lost. He was at this time in service a little more than nine months - This claimant further states that he was born at Stonington in Connecticut in March A.D. 1762 and that he has no record of his age - That since the revolution he has lived two years in Hancech, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; five years in Claverick, State of New York, four years in Hempstead, State of New York, two years in Coeymans, New York, nineteen years in Granville, Washington County, New York, twelve years in Middlesex State of New York, three years in Burton, Geauga County, Ohio and that he now resides in Auburn in said County of Geauga where he has lived near three years -
This claimant further states that he has now no documentary evidence of his service, his discharges having been lost, and that he knows no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service - And he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state the agency of any state
Sworn to and subscribed Eliab Pyggleston the day and year aforesaid before me - in open Court
R. D. Aiken, Clerk

We Willis Willis Wood and Ethan Brewer both residing in township of Auburn, County of Geauga and State of Ohio hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Eliab Eggleston,ab Eggleston, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we be- lieve him to be twenty years of age; that he is believed and reported in the neighborhood where he resided to have been a soldier of the revolu- tion and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn to and subscribed this day and year aforesaid before me in open Court.
Willis Woods
Ethan Brewer
D. Aiken, Clerk.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovementioned abovenamed applicant was a revolution- ary soldier, and served as he states - And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that the Willis Wood and Ethan Brewer who have signed the foregoing preceding certificate are residents in the township of Auburn, County of Geauga and State of Ohio, and are credible persons and that their statement is en- titled to credit -
I, D. Aiken Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Geauga County aforesaid do hereby cer- tify that the foregoing contains the original pro- ceedings of the said Court in the matter of the ap- plication of Eliab Eggleston for a pension
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Court, this fourteenth day of September A.D. 1832
D. Aiken

No 1076 Eli Bruce Chardon Ohio.
Sarah Eggleston widow of Eliab
Oct 29 July 1848
Maria 1798 Hus dece 1838,
Adm pro annum Com'g 4 March 1848
Cleveland
Eli Bruce Chardon Ohio

The State of Ohio Richland County } ss
On this second day of April, 1838 personally appeared before me David McCulloch an Associate Judge of Richland County Lucy Eggleston, a resident of Springfield township, Richland county State aforesaid aged 73 years, who being duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 29 th 1848, (who was a private in the Army of the Revolution)
Reference is made to the original certificate given to Eliab Eggleston which was surrendered to the Department for the purpose of obtaining arrearage due the said Eliab at the time of his death, which event took place on the second day of March, A.D. 1838. The certificate was sent to the Department in a short time after his death. It allowed $80 per annum.
She further declares that she was married to the said Eliab Eggleston on the 20 th day of February A.D. (1798) seventeen hundred and ninety-eight; that her husband the aforesaid Eliab Eggleston, died on the 2 d day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second day of January, eighteen hundred, viz; at the time above stated. She further swears that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a pension.
In presence of Oli Bruce Lucy X Eggleston mark
I hereby certify that Lucy Eggleston is unable to attend court. Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before David McCulloch Associate Judge

The State of Ohio Richland County ss, I Wm. Irwin Clerk Pro tempore of the Court of Common Pleas for said County hereby certify that the Honorable David M c Cullough before whom the foregoing affidavit (of Lucy Eggleston) appears to have been made and whose genuine signature appears thereto was at the time of taking said affidavit and still is Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the aforesaid County & State duly commissioned & qualified according to law. In Witness of which I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court at Mansfield in said County of Richland this 3 rd day of April A. D. 1851 Wm. W. Irwin Clerk Pro tempore

State of Illinois, County of Jo Daviess, p. 3
On this twentieth day of December A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public of Galena within and for the County and State aforesaid, Almina Stebbins, a credible witness, who being duly sworn according to law, makes oath, that the Family Record of the Family of Eliab Eggleston, hereto attached, is a true Record, and that the same has been in her possession for the term of thirtyone years, and further that the same is in the hand writing of Luther M. Parsons, who was engaged by Eliab Eggleston, her father, to do the same, and further that the aforesaid Eliab Eggleston, was the head of the Family of which the Record is hereto attached, and that she was his first daughter, and further the deponent saith not
Almina Stebbins
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. Wit- ness my hand and seal Notarial this 20 th day of December A.D. 1851
Wm C. Postwick Not Pub City of Galena Illinois
Write to Almina Stebbins, Galena, Ill.

Record of the family of Eliab Eggleston
Eliab Eggleston was married to Miss Lucy Ingraham 20. February 1798
Trustus Eggleston Born 7 th January 1799.
David Eggleston Born 24 th March 1801.
Darius Eggleston Born 7 th November 1803.
Amira Eggleston Born 21 st April 1806.
Eliab Eggleston Jr Born 29. July 1808.
Olive Lane Eggleston Born 10 th December 1810.
Reubin Eggleston Born 12 th June 1813.
William Nelson Eggleston Born 2 nd April 1816.
Lucy Ann Eggleston Born 28 th April 1819.
Olive J. Eggleston Died 10 th June 1814.
Luther M. Parsons
in her annuall affe. Admira Skelton Distrust W. C. Exhibit referred to by Admira Skelton W. C.

17119 13.4.39.
Eliah Eggleston Geauga co Ohio
Return No.
Adm 2 years
  1. Where did he reside when he entered the service;  2. In what battle was he engaged;  3. When did he enter the service;  4. State his service directed in the form annexed.          Period.  Year.  Month.  Day.  Reg't.  Comp.             
Matthews & Hitchcock, Painesville, Ohio.
 1. State his service directed in the form annexed.  2. How old is he?  3. If before a judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  4. Was the declaration made before a Court or a judge? 
of in the case of (Not for June, 1836.) in the name of

BRIEF in the case of  Eliab Eggleston  of Geauga county in the State of Ohio  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Substitute In 1776 4 Private Gen. Capt. Brattle   do 1777 5 Col. Garry   Drafted 1778 9 Col. Rouse   Volunteer 1779 more than 9 Capt. M c Koon, Col. Portland   Capt. Nathl. Dixon   Col. Henry Livingston   Col. Atkinson  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? capture of Burgoyne, Stony Point  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Albany county, N.Y.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Not put together & connected as required by the regulations 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. E. Bradford. Examining Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Eliab Eggleston a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. N 2774.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1776 4 mos. Pvt. Bartlett James Weston & Willet N.Y.   May 1, 1777 Oct. 25, 1777 John Bouse. Henry Livingston   April 1778 9 mos. William Jackson. Courtlandt   Mch. 1779 Jan. 1, 1780 Nathaniel Dixon Henry Jackson.   Johnson Meigs.  
Battles engaged in, Bemis Heights; Stony Point, where wounded in head, Residence of soldier at enlistment, Spencertown, Albany Co. N.Y. + Nobletown Albany Co. N.Y. Date of application for pension, Sept. 14. 1832: His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Auburn Twp., Geauga Co. Ohio. Age at date of application, b. at Stonington, Conn. Mch. 1762
Remarks: he married Feb. 20, 1798 Lucy Ingraham, he died Mch. 2, 1838 and she was allowed pension on an ap. ex. Apr. 2, 1851 while a resident of Springfield Township, Portland Co. Ohio, aged 73 years. Family record shows: Anastus b. Jan. 7, 1799; David b. Mch. 24, 1801; Darius b. Nov. 7, 1803; Almira b. Apr. 21, 1806; m-Stephens Eliab b. July 29, 1808; Olive Jane b. Dec 10 1810 d. June 10, 1814; Burbin b. June 12, 1813; M c Nelson b. Apr. 2, 1816; Lucy Ann b. Apr. 28, 1819
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Eliab Eggleston- Application for a pension-

10 The State of Ohio
Greene County ss
7 And now on this eleventh day of May 1833 personally appears before their Honors Matthew Birchard President, and Anson Cowles, Daniel Ferrd and John Hubbard associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, now sitting, the said Elias Eggleston a resident of Auburn township of  in the County aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following additional declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed
Jan'y 7. 1832 -
That at the time of subscribing his declaration aforesaid there was not nor is there now any clergyman resident in the township or neighborhood where this applicant then resides & now resides and that he was not then nor is he now acquainted with any clergyman whom testimony he can procure as required by the War Department, and that for this reason he was under the necessity of procuring the certificate and affidavit of two respectable and credible witnesses of whom neither was a clergyman. This applicant further states that as he has before stated, that he knows no living witness whose testimony he can procure to his services as a soldier of the Revolution, and hereby relinquishes every claim except the present as he has heretofore done and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any other State as he has before declared - Elias Eggleston
Sworn to and subscribed before me in open Court this 11th day of May A.D. 1833 before me J. Aiken, Clerk.

The State of Ohio, Greene County p ss I D. D. Aiken Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Greene County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the applica- tion of Eliab Eggleston for a pension - and that the papers to which this supplemental Statement are is appended are the same which have her- etofore been certified.
In Testimony whereof, I have unto set my hand, and af- fix the seal of said Court at Chardon, this 11 th day of May A. D. 1835
D. D. Aiken, Clerk.

J. L. Edwards Esq. Washington City D. C.

Amesville May 22 1833
J. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir,
Herewith we for- ward to you the Applications of Elias Eggleston & Samuel Hemenway for a pension; having procured additional statements &c pursuant to your briefs, which are herewith enclosed. Mr Eggleston lives in a newly settled township, in which no minister clergyman resides, & is, as he states, unacquainted with any one whose certificate to his reputation & credibility he can procure - This is a difficulty frequently met with in this part of the country, as clergymen are not very abundant, and many of the inhabi- tants have but rarely an opportunity to hear them attend upon their ministrations, much less have they an opportunity to become personally acquainted with them -
Mr Heminway in consequence of being unable ignorant of the residence present residence of his old associates in arms, and also of the fact whether they any of them are now living or not, has in pursuance of the internal regulations prescribed by the War Depart- ment, states that he knows of no witness whom testifying he can prove as to his service — Had he re- mained in his native State in the immediate vicinity of the place where he enlisted, this difficulty might have been obviated; but under present circumstances, he has
where he would have been likely to have learned that you were of his cornered, if indeed any now know anything

do the best he can, and we trust that it will be  convinced this objection will not prevent his receiving a pension.
In either of these cases if necessary, many men who deserved credibility might be produced to testify to the credibility of the applicants & also to the general belief & report belief in the neighborhood, that they were soldiers of the revolution. — But this we suppose to be unnecessary under the rules of the Department.
With much respect Your obedt Servt
Matthews & Hitchcock
C. S. Edwards Council of Pensions

Rev. War Section.
EW our
February 27, 1933.
Mrs. S. I. Pool, Waverly, Iowa.
Madam:-
In response to your letter dated January 28, 1933, you are advised that the arrears of pension of Eliab Eggleston , W. File No. 2774, Revolutionary War, were paid to his widow, at the rate of $80 per annum, to the date of his death only.
For the date of last payment of pension to widow, name of person paid, and date of her death you should apply to the Pension Section, Interior Department Division, General Accounting Office, 1500 E. Street N. W. Washington, D. C. citing all of the Following data:-
Lucy, widow of Eliab Eggleston Certificate No. 932 Issued April 23, 1852 Rate $80 per annum Commenced March 4, 1848 Act of July 29, 1848 Ohio Agency.
Very respectfully yours,
Commissioner.

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
M.E.C.
Washington, D. C., July 1, 1895.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Eliab Eggleston --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. Apr. 1776 4 mos. Pvt. Bartlett { James Weston Willis N.Y. May 1777 5 mos. Pvt. John Rouse Henry Livingston N.Y. Apr. 1778 9 mos. Pvt. William Jackson Cortlandt N.Y. Mar. 1779 9 mos. Pvt. { Nathaniel Dixon Johnson { Henry Jackson Meigs N.Y.
Battles engaged in, Surrender of Burgoyne, Stoney Point.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Spencertown, N.Y., & Nobletown, N.Y.
Date of application for pension, September 14, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Auburn, Ohio.
Age at date of application, Born at Stonington, Conn., March, 1762.
Remarks: Married Lucy Ingraham, Feb. 20, 1793, and died March 2, 1838.
F. M. Poole, Esq.,
Very respectfully,
Upper Sandusky,
Commissioner.
Box 361. Ohio.

June 24, 1897.
Sir:
Replying to your request for further information concerning Eliab Eggleston, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that the information furnished you under date of July 1, 1895, was as full and complete as it is possible to obtain from the papers on file in his claim for pension. Information relative to the general under which he served, the name of company and regiment, and the amount he received per month while in the service can probably be obtained upon application to the Record and Pension Office, War Department, this city, as all the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War are on file in that Bureau.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. F. M. Pool,
Box 361, Upper Sandusky, Ohio.

Haverly, Iowa, Jan. 26, 1923.
Rev Sec
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:—
My great-grandfather Eliab Eggleston , who served in the Revolution from New York State applied for pension Sept. 14, 1832. His claim was allowed. I have a copy of his pension record which states that he died in Auburn, Geauga Co., Ohio, March 2, 1838, and his widow (Lucy (Ingraham) Eggleston) was allowed pension on an application executed Oct. 2, 1851 while a resident of Springfield Twp., Richland Co., Ohio. (Mid. File 2774.)
Will you kindly inform me to whom this pension was paid? And the amount? Was there back pay from the time of Eliab Eggleston's death in Mar. 1838 to April 1851? If so, how much?
Her son William Nelson Eggleston - was instrumental in securing the pension for her. Was it paid to him?
Very truly yours, Mrs. S. J. Pool,
Past State Historian Iowa D.A.R.
answer questions only

per gen y
Waverly, Iowa, Jan. 4, 1915.
Record and Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
Kindly send me a copy of the application for pension, or of the information contained in the application for pension of Eliab Eggleston who served in the Revolutionary War. Date of application for pension was made Sept. 14, 1832. Residence at date of application - Auburn, Ohio. He was born at Stonington Conn. Mar. 23, 1762. Died Mar. 2, 1838. Married Lucy Ingraham Feb. 20, 1798. Did he receive a pension himself, or was one granted his widow after his death? Did his son, William Nelson Eggleston succeed in getting back pay for himself or the widow? If so, how much, and the rating. I am the great-grand-daughter of Eliab Eggleston .
Very truly yours,
(Mrs. Sherman!) Minnie A. Lewis Pool.
✓

Upper Sandusky, O. Com. of Pensions. June 8/97 Washington D.C.
Dear Sir - Please permit me to make a few inquiries concerning a matter of some importance to me at present, concerning my Grandfather, Eliah Egglestone , a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
I wrote to the War Department for information, but they could not give the information desired and as he was a pensioner they referred me to the Pension Department.
I would beg leave to ask to what division of the army

he belonged, with what General he might have been under, what regiment and company he was enlisted in, what pay he received if any, and the amount per month of pension he received. Also what battles engaged in. Any information on the subject will be thankfully received. My mother who is still living is his only surviving child.
Yours Most Respectfully
F. M. Pool Upper Sandusky Ohio
Box 361.

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Upper Sandusky, O 6/12/95.
Pension Bureau Washington, D. C.
Gent:-
Could it be determined now, to what company, regiment, division or etc, a soldier of the Revolution belonged by his entry on the pension rolls. My grandfather, whose name was Eliab Eg- glestone, was in the service and in his latter days drew pen- sion. His death occurred March 2, 1838, in Ohio.
Please let me know whether it can could be determined by that and what expense would be incurred to me, (over)

Yours Truly
F. M. Pool.
Upper Sandusky
Box 361.
O.

Heads. to F. M. Pool, Upper Sandusky, O. M.C. P.L.
24. 1897 - History
Mr. F. M. Pool. Bot- Upper Sandusky Ohio.
1915. Jan 12: History to Mrs. Sherman F. Pool. M.B.H.
1915 Jan 14: History to Mrs. J. K. Stafford. Letter in W.F. 25157 John Stafford. M.B.H.
1923, Feb. 27 letter to Mrs. S. J. Pool, as to date of last payment to wid. etc. En
Riley
WIDOW, &c.
July 1/95 Bk 361, June to - 361-
File No. 2774
Lucy Eggleston Widow
Eliab Eggleston Br. Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 211
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Eliz. Agg. & Co. D.M.
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Hon. Jas. H. Heath
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Comm. of Pensions
Washington
D.C.

Eliab Eggleston Application for a pension

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Eliab Eggleston of Greene county, Ohio which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? yes XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Not connected as required by the regulations XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? all answered
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Chardon, Geauga Co. Ohio Jan. 14. 1852.
Hon. J. E. Heath
Sir—The money was drawn by Mr. Eggleston upon his Pension Certificate, now in the possession of the Pension Department, at this place, at the time of his death. Please inform me if there is anything more necessary to establish the widow's claim. And oblige
Respectfully
J. H. H. H.
A. L. Bruce

Brief in the case of Lucy Eggleston, widow of Eliab, Richland County and State of Ohio act 29 July 1848.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase," )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a farmer, Record proof of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Eli Bruce Chardon, Ohio
J. Roll Examining Clerk.